"It's A Dog's Life"..... SHAK (Safe Homes And Kindness): His Spirit Lives On.....

Friday, 27 July 2012

His Spirit Lives On.....

It's two years today since we lost a dog that changed my life the short time we had him. Spirit came to us disregarded by everyone because he had a problem with one of his back legs. It was during x rays to reveal the damage of hip dysplasia that a mass of bone tumours were discovered and I had to make the horrendous decision to do what was best for him and let him go.

Spirit came home with me one night, and never left. Although he was only here for 10 days he changed my life forever. He taught my own German Shepherd Oscar that it was ok to have another male dog in his house, and I will never forget seeing those two together. Dusty, Dudley and now Lennox have had a home because of the work Spirit did.

When he died I described him as the perfect dog, and you know he really was. So brave but so gentle, I was lucky to share those 10 days.

IMPORTANT STATEMENT APRIL 2018

A Statement From SHAK.....

One of the drawbacks of gaining followers through Facebook, the press and other forms of media is the demand for our expertise is growing beyond a level that is manageable or even acceptable. We are a victim of our own success and with constantly running with around 70 dogs in our care, being such a small charity we are always stretched beyond our limit.

Therefore I think it is important for me to explain exactly where we get our dogs from and who we will deal with. For the past 12 years we have dealt very closely with vets taking destruction cases, local councils taking strays and a few recognised partnered charities that we have built up strong relationships with. Today this is still the case.

As I mentioned space and resources are very short resulting us being unable to take dogs from members of the public and due to time we are ubable to deal with the publuc in any way. Likewise we are not looking to extend our pool of partnered charities or organisations, so can not take dogs from groups we have never worked with before.

It is not out of ignorance, but due to concentrating our time on our own dogs that no unsolicited emails, phonecalls or Facebook messages will be returned.

Thank you for understanding and for all of your support.

And What We Do.....

Celebrating its 10th anniversary on June 19th 2016, SHAK has come a long way since its founder Stephen Wylie uttered those fateful words ‘never again...’ after the shock death of his dog and best friend Shak.

The hundreds of dogs whose lives have been changed because of that loss is testament to a dog that had a lasting imprint on everyone he met.....

Today the registered charity has approximately 70 dogs in
its care, offering sanctuary to the ones that really need it or a place to simply become a dog again for others.

Working only with destruction cases from vets, strays and
dogs from our trusted charity partners, SHAK does not take in dogs from members of the public. Likewise we are not a rehoming centre, although we do offer the opportunity for people to apply for our Forever Foster project.

We concentrate all of our time, energy and resources directly into the well being of our dogs, enriching lives that others had written off.....

Change Lives

Friday, 27 July 2012

His Spirit Lives On.....